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English Dictionary: jaunty by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jaunty
adj
  1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
    Synonym(s): dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
  2. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
    Synonym(s): chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. {Jauntier}; superl. {Jauntiest}.]
      [Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See {Gentle}, and cf.
      {Genty}.]
      Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
      fantastical manner.
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